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1971 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-6-1, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-6-1)

Points For: 274 (19.6/g) 13th of 26

Points Against: 277 (19.8/g) 13th of 26

Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1

SRS: 1.29 (11th of 26), SOS: 1.50

Defensive Coordinator: Marion Campbell

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Defensive Backs) and Harry Gilmer (Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

Head Coach/General Manager: Norm Van Brocklin

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	274	3959	810	4.9	36	15	221	167	285	2256	16	21	7.1	108	494	1703	12	3.4	99	79	723	14
Opp. Stats	277	3787	874	4.3	38	18	237	164	343	1638	9	20	4.4	106	500	2149	19	4.3	114	61	614	17
Lg Rank Offense	13	15			14	11	15		24	11	9	13	1		7	16	12	23
Lg Rank Defense	13	8			12	6	17		9	1	1	15	2		24	21	23	18

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		San Francisco 49ers	20	17	16	266	165	101	1	22	372	206	166	7
2	Sun	September 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		1-0-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	20	20	20	437	287	150	1	20	317	125	192	3
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1-1	@	Detroit Lions	38	41	16	342	295	47	5	23	318	95	223	2
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2-1		St. Louis Cardinals	9	26	15	213	119	94	6	16	263	112	151
5	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3-1		Los Angeles Rams	16	24	14	249	135	114	4	18	306	182	124	4
6	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3-1		New Orleans Saints	28	6	25	364	80	284	1	15	202	144	58	2
7	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	31	14	17	317	142	175		10	153	88	65	4
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	9	6	15	267	112	155	1	10	167	73	94	2
9	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4-1		New York Giants	17	21	13	219	139	80	2	19	324	152	172	3
10	Mon	November 22	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4-1		Green Bay Packers	28	21	27	386	182	204	2	7	143	40	103	1
11	Sun	November 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	24	4	123	55	68	3	19	304	47	257	3
12	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5-1		Oakland Raiders	24	13	17	327	214	113	5	20	328	120	208	5
13	Sun	December 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	3	24	8	130	69	61	4	18	290	119	171	1
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6-1	@	New Orleans Saints	24	20	14	319	262	57	1	20	300	135	165	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Berry	29	QB	11	10	4-5-1	136	226	60.2	2005	11	4.9	16	7.1	84	8.9	6.7	14.7	182.3	75.9	21	150	8.50	7.51	5.5	1	1
2	Dick Shiner	29	QB	10	4	3-1-0	30	57	52.6	463	5	8.8	5	8.8	47	8.1	5.9	15.4	46.3	72.5	10	89	14.93	5.58	3.7	1	1
3	Billy Lothridge	29	P	9	0		1	1	100.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	27.0	27.0	27.0	3.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	27.00	27.0	0	0
4	Leo Hart	22	QB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-6-1	167	285	58.6	2256	16	5.6	21	7.4	84	8.8	6.6	14.9	161.1	75.4	31	239	9.81	7.14	5.16	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Art Malone	23	FB	13	13	120	438	6	19	3.7	33.7	9.2	34	380	11.2	2	46	2.6	29.2	154	5.3	818	8	5
2	Ken Burrow	23	WR	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	33	741	22.5	6	84	2.4	52.9	34	21.9	746	6	1
3	Cannonball Butler	28	RB	13	13	186	594	2	19	3.2	45.7	14.3	15	143	9.5	2	27	1.2	11.0	201	3.7	737	4	7
4	Jim Mitchell	24	TE	13	13	4	25	0	24	6.3	1.9	0.3	33	593	18.0	5	43	2.5	45.6	37	16.7	618	5	3
5	Harmon Wages	25	RB	14	1	64	266	1	27	4.2	19.0	4.6	19	249	13.1	1	47	1.4	17.8	83	6.2	515	2	2
6	Willie Belton	23	RB	14	0	56	237	1	16	4.2	16.9	4.0	3	22	7.3	0	10	0.2	1.6	59	4.4	259	1	9
7	Wes Chesson	22	WR	14	14	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	20	224	11.2	0	24	1.4	16.0	21	10.5	220	0	0
8	Sonny Campbell	23	RB	14	1	29	79	0	8	2.7	5.6	2.1	3	40	13.3	0	29	0.2	2.9	32	3.7	119	0	1
9	Ray Poage	31	TE	4	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	71	17.8	0	31	1.0	17.8	4	17.8	71	0	0
10	Bob Berry	29	QB	11	10	19	31	0	9	1.6	2.8	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	19	1.6	31	0	4
11	John Mallory	25	SS	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.1	1.9	1	27.0	27	0	1
12	Ray Jarvis	22	WR	2	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	6.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
13	Joe Profit	22	RB	4	0	3	10	1	4	3.3	2.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.3	10	1	2
14	Dick Shiner	29	QB	10	4	10	9	1	4	0.9	0.9	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	0.9	9	1	3
15	Greg Brezina	25	RLB	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	1	3.0	3	0	0
16	George Kunz	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.1	0.1	1	2.0	2	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	494	1703	12	27	3.4	121.6	35.3	167	2495	14.9	16	84	11.9	178.2	661	6.4	4198	28	38

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Greg Brezina	25	RLB	14	14	3	22	0	11	0	3	8	0	0.0	0
2	Ken Burrow	23	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Don Hansen	27	MLB/LLB	14	14	3	56	1	40	0	3	14	0	1.0	0
4	Tom Hayes	25	RCB	14	14	3	27	0	27	0	3	69	1	0.0	0	AP DRoY-3
5	Claude Humphrey	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	0	PB
6	Ken Reaves	27	LCB	14	14	6	43	0	31	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bill Sandeman	29	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jeff Van Note	25	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	John Zook	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	1
10	Cannonball Butler	28	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
11	Art Malone	23	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Mitchell	24	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	1	55	1	0.0	0
13	Glen Condren	29	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
14	John Small	25	LDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	0	2.0	0
15	John Mallory	25	SS	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	54	1	0.0	0
16	Ron Acks	27	LLB	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bob Berry	29	QB	11	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ray Brown	22	FS	10	9	3	32	0	23	0	1	11	0	1.5	0
19	Greg Lens	26	DT	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tom McCauley	24	DB	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tommy Nobis	28	LB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Dick Shiner	29	QB	10	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	-6	0	0.0	0
23	Sonny Campbell	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	0	0.0	0
24	Harmon Wages	25	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Willie Belton	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jim Miller	22	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Joe Profit	22	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	180	1	40	39	39	233	3	30.0	1

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